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Bulk Handling China

  • GETTING WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER

    01 Mar 2005

    China's bulk and break-bulk handling facilities differ significantly from its container facilities in one crucial respect: with the country's entrance to the WTO, its container terminals - both planned and existing - were deemed not to be of strategic national importance, thus paving the way for the introduction of foreign and private capital and management. The same policy was not applied to its bulk ports and terminals however, and they remain largely under the ownership of the state. Gavin van Marle reports. 

Container Handling Yard Cranes

  • THE FUTURE SEEMS RAIL-MOUNTED

    01 Mar 2005

    The debate over the best pick of equipment with which to run a terminal yard - the straddle carrier, the rubber tyred gantry (RTG), or the rail mounted gantry (RMG) - has rumbled on for decades, and continues to, as Kevin Chinnery discovers. 

Dredging News

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News Americas

  • BHP Billiton plans LA gas terminal

    01 Mar 2005

    BHP Billiton has announced plans to build a gas terminal off the coast of Los Angeles as a means of combating the state's growing energy shortage. The so-called Cabrillo Port, which will cost $600m to build, will commence operations by 2009. The facility will have the capability of supplying 1.5 billion cu feet of gas per day, although will initially be limited to 800m cu feet a day, which is the equivalent of 15% of California's total daily needs. 

  • MERGER AT BUENOS AIRES

    01 Mar 2005

    Buenos Aires stevedore Terminales Rio de la Plata, has absorbed Terminales Portuarias Argentinas. 

  • Antonina to be upgraded

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  • AA FOR LB

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  • Dredging to boost traffic at Santos

    01 Mar 2005

    Following a cessation of two years, dredging work has recommenced at the port of Santos. In the meantime, the port has continued to break all records. In 2004, throughput of 70m tonnes was a reported, 10m up on 2003. 

  • EMERGENCY FINANCE FOR SANTOS

    01 Mar 2005

    Brazil's Transport Ministry is to release US$44.8m out of a possible budget of US$74.66m to enable some emergency measures to be undertaken and also permit immediate investment in development of the quays. 

  • Investment boom at San Antonio

    01 Mar 2005

    $25m is to be invested in the Chilean port of San Antonio, of which $20m will come from the concessionaire San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI) and the other $5m from Puerto Panul. STI will use the money to extend its quay 200 metres northwards. The project has already been given approval by environmental authorities and also by the Ministry of Public Works. Work is due to be completed within 15 months. 

News Asia, Australasia, Africa & Middle E

  • Jurong terminal contract awarded

    01 Mar 2005

    Dubai-headquartered Horizon Terminals Limited (HTL) has awarded construction contracts for a US$200m bulk liquids terminal to be built on 39 hectares of land at Banyan, Jurong Island in Singapore. The contract for consultancy was awarded to Singapore's Jurong Consultants and made on behalf of Horizon Singapore Terminals Pte Limited (HSTL) - a joint venture to be incorporated in Singapore. 

News Asia, Australasia, Africa & Middle East

  • SPMC

    01 Mar 2005

    Two SPMC super-postPanamax quay cranes are delivered to Xiamen International Container Terminals (XICT). The cranes, with a lifting height of 38 metres, outreach of 56 metres and a lifting capacity of 45 tonnes, are capable of serving the world's latest generation of mega container vessels. 

  • FIVE BID FOR JNPT STUDY

    01 Mar 2005

     

  • Karachi International Container Terminal

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  • MYANMAR TO BUILD DEEP-SEA PORT

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  • The Naha Port Authority

    01 Mar 2005

    The Naha Port Authority (NPA) of Japan has chosen a subsidiary of Philippine-based International Container Terminal Services, Inc. 

  • Kalmar aids Reunion

    01 Mar 2005

    Port de l'Ile de la Reunion is utilising the port planning and container handling expertise of Kalmar as it begins work on extensive new facilities at Port Est. The port will take into operation 12 four-high CSC450 straddle carriers with twin-lift spreaders and two TRX182 terminal tractors, each with a threeunit multi-trailer system. 

  • CHITTAGONG NEEDS PRIVATE MANAGEMENT

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  • ADB BANKROLLS CHITTAGONG

    01 Mar 2005

    The Asian Development Bank has approved a US$30.6m loan, which will be used to improve efficiency at the port of Chittagong and also enhance port security and environmental measures to meet international standards. Part of the money will be spent on introducing a new IT system which will help lower shipping and port handling charges. 

  • MONGLA RULED BY "MAFIA"

    01 Mar 2005

    Bangladesh's parliamentary standing committee overseeing activities at the Shipping Ministry noted in a recent report that the port of Mongla is effectively Mafia controlled. The Shipping Ministry is therefore unable to introduce measures to improve port operations. 

  • PSA ravenous for acquisition

    01 Mar 2005

    PSA International is unclear whether its bid for Asian Container Terminals Ltd will be allowed to go ahead. Originally, its offer to buy a 50% stake in the terminal from Sun Hung Kai Properties was accepted on 30 November last year. 

  • JAPANESE TO CUT PORT FEES

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  • KCT expanding to 2mTEU capacity

    01 Mar 2005

    Work to expand Khorfakkan Container Terminal and raise its potential throughput to over two million TEUs per year is underway. Completion of the multi-million dollar programme is scheduled for the end of 2005. The project, which will increase KCT's present 1,060 metres of quay front by a further 400 metres by developing the obverse side of the current facility, will be able to handle container vessels over 8,000 TEUs capacity - the biggest currently envisaged by the major international shipping lines. 

  • ISRAELI DOCKERS THREATEN STRIKE

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  • ALL CLEAR FOR DPI AT KOCHI

    01 Mar 2005

    The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a revised proposal for the establishment of an international container transhipment terminal at the Indian port of Kochi. 

  • FRANCO-SPANISH GROUP TO BUILD LOME BOX TERMINAL

    01 Mar 2005

    CMA CGM and Spain's Progasa group have signed an agreement with the government of Togo to build and manage an international container terminal at the port of Lome. The terminal, which will have a 400-metre long quay, will be operated by the local company Societe Investissement de Terminal a Conteneurs (SITC), whose equity will be divided between the French shipping line and Progosa in equal proportions. 

News Europe

  • NEW BOX TERMINAL FOR MARIN

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  • Kritikos blocks sale

    01 Mar 2005

    Ceres Terminals founder Christos Kritikos admitted that he was blocking the sale of the Ceres Paragon terminal in Amsterdam explaining that 'the price is not right, ' reports ci-online (www. ci-online. co. uk). 

  • Kritikos blocks sale

    01 Mar 2005

    Ceres Terminals founder Christos Kritikos admitted that he was blocking the sale of the Ceres Paragon terminal in Amsterdam explaining that 'the price is not right, ' reports ci-online (www. ci-online. co. uk). 

  • NEW CANARY ISLANDS PORT

    01 Mar 2005

    The proposed new port of Granadilla on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife will have an operating area of 310,000 sq metres, a quay 650 metres and alongside draught of 16 metres. Four quayside gantry cranes will be supplied and average vessel size is forecast to be in the region of 6,500 TEUs. 

  • Dutch court rejects Maasvlakte 2

    01 Mar 2005

    The highest Dutch administrative court rejected the ?2.6 billion Maasvlakte 2 project to expand the port of Rotterdam, due to insufficient measures to protect the environment. 

  • Dutch court rejects Maasvlakte 2

    01 Mar 2005

    The highest Dutch administrative court rejected the €2.6 billion Maasvlakte 2 project to expand the port of Rotterdam, due to insufficient measures to protect the environment. 

  • VALENCIA TO BUILD NORTH QUAY

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  • SEVILLE TO COMPETE WITH CADIZ

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  • Garston building for the future

    01 Mar 2005

    Associated British Ports (ABP) is to invest £750,000 in a new handling and distribution facility at Garston for a leading supplier to the UK construction industry, Maxit LWA Ltd formerly known as Optiroc U which started importing lightweight aggregates through Garston in 2002, and is seeking to expand its operations at the port. The new facility, set to become operational in April 2005, will comprise 13,000 sq metres of open and undercover storage and will be equipped with an automated bagging and palletising plant. Maxit is investing £800,000 in high-tech plant and packaging equipment. 

  • Indoor operations in Finland's north

    01 Mar 2005

    The port of Kokkola has opened an all-weather terminal (AWT) designed to protect containers and general cargo as well as ships, crews and port workers, from the elements year round. 

  • VALENCIA TO BUILD NORTH QUAY

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  • Backing for Thames wharves report

    01 Mar 2005

    Strong support for the new report by the Mayor of London on securing the future of Thames cargo-handling wharves has come from the Port of London Authority (PLA). The PLA welcomed the recommendations and agrees that it will help further strengthen the role of the Thames for the movement of freight. 

  • BATTLE FOR MERSEY DOCKS INTENSIFIES

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News Focus European Shortsea

  • SHORTSEA MOTORWAYS OR MUDDLE?

    01 Mar 2005

    Whilst transport is a perennial problem for any government, handling the issue across 25 nations is bound to constitute a major headache. The European Commission has been struggling with transport issues since its inception but with freight on Europe's roads increasing by around 60 billion t/km each year and one in nine freight deliveries arriving late due to road congestion, Brussels is increasingly looking towards the sea as part of the solution. Mike Elsom reports. 

News Focus Shanghai

  • THE NEW KID IN TOWN

    01 Mar 2005

    A new player, Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), is quietly preparing to emerge onto the international terminal operator scene, writes James Macpherson. 

News Products & Systems

  • SIMTAG and Savi cooperate

    01 Mar 2005

    SIMTAG, a consortium of leading companies in manufacturing, transportation and services to logistics involved in the development of an intermodal portal solution, and Savi Technology, have announced a joint field trial based on an existing supply chain transporting meat products from Namibia to Tilbury. The supply chain is part of the 'SST for Africa' project, running as part of the Smart and Secure Tradelanes (SST) programme. 

  • La Spezia opts for Control Techniques

    01 Mar 2005

    La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT), has installed a new container crane from Italian crane maker OMG to boost productivity and cut both turnaround times and downtime. 

  • MSC boosts Kalmar STS order

    01 Mar 2005

    Kalmar has received an order for five additional super postPanamax STS cranes from MSC Home Terminal, Antwerp on top of the ten cranes ordered last year (the biggest European STS order ever). The new order, due for delivery in 2006, has been placed in response to anticipated future volume growth. MSC Home Terminal is a joint venture between MSC and Hesse-Noord Natie, a subsidiary of the PSA Group. 

  • RESON performs in the East

    01 Mar 2005

    RESON has sold its SeaBat 8125 multibeam echosounder to Brisbane, Melbourne and Newcastle to support their hydrographic survey and dredging activity within the strict environmental guidelines set by the Australian government. "The imagery that we have been able to produce with the 8125 system has enabled us to have a much clearer understanding of what is required to deliver an environmentally sustainable and technically feasible outcome, " according to Paul Downie of the Port of Melbourne hydrographic survey crew. Newcastle's system is expected to "revolutionise depth surveys in the port, " according to its surveyor. 

  • Navis Delivers PrimeRoute for Terminal Tractors

    01 Mar 2005

    Navis says its new PrimeRoute increases utilization of terminal tractors by estimating the optimal yard work assignment for each available tractor and automatically dispatching it to the appropriate RTG, railhead or quay crane for loading or unloading. 

  • International Terminal Solutions

    01 Mar 2005

    International Terminal Solutions (ITS) have announced the successful implementation of their external Automated Trucker Identification system (ATI), to allow the automatic identification of the external truckers, containers carried, and planned positions in the container yard. 

Port Engineering Fendering

  • TYPE APPROVAL BRINGS SECTOR INTO LINE

    01 Mar 2005

    Fender testing and the procedure for reporting fender performance has been a hot topic for many years, ever since the almost universal adoption by consultants and other fender specifiers of the original PIANC testing guidelines back in 1984; but a major milestone was reached recently when the first manufacturer succeeded in obtaining Type Approval status to internationally accepted standards. David Foxwell reports. 

Port Focus Valencia

  • BOX BUILD-UP

    01 Mar 2005

    Valencia is getting to grips with the task of adding major new container capacity to meet strong demand, writes Mike Mundy 

Regional Survey Benelux Container Ports

  • BIG PLANS PREDICATED ON BUOYANT FORECASTS

    01 Mar 2005

    Both Rotterdam and Antwerp are investing heavily in much needed container capacity, but the struggle to convince government of the required urgency has been long and hard. Neil Madden reports. 

Security Harbour Surveillance

  • NAVAL TECHNOLOGY SHIELDS THE WATERFRONT

    01 Mar 2005

    Sophisticated electronics, signal processing, unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) and command and control technology developed for naval applications are all being used to makes ports and harbours safer, as David Foxwell writes. 

Security Loss Prevention

  • BACK TO THE FUTURE

    01 Mar 2005

    The basics of loss prevention are as relevant today as they have always been, counsels TT Club. 

Special Report Conflict, Post-conflict And Relief Solutions

  • FROM DESTRUCTION TO RECONSTRUCTION

    01 Mar 2005

    Whatever your views on how contracts for the reconstruction of war-damaged port facilities are awarded, there is an undeniable need for such work to be carried out - usually in double-quick time. Furthermore, such emergency installation, repair, rehabilitation or reconstruction of critical elements of a country's infrastructure must often be conducted in difficult and dangerous circumstances. Nick Elliott reports. 

Terminal Performance Container Crane Components

  • WHY'S AND HOW'S OF COMPONENT FAILURE

    01 Mar 2005

    In a paper entitled 'Crane Modernisation - Why and How', Tek Soon Chong, Jimmy Liang and Peter Darley of Singapore's Portek, pick up on a number of useful component issues including that of spare part availability: "The heart of a container quay crane is the drive control system, " they say. "The economic life of the drive control system is about 15 years. The technology, performance standards and reliability of drive control systems are continually evolving. After 15 years, changing technology and diminishing spare parts support makes the overall performance of the drive less than satisfactory to the user in comparison to what is available with new equipment. Less availability means less revenue and higher operating costs. 

  • I JUST SAT THERE THINKING. . .

    01 Mar 2005

    When a reporter asked one of the returning astronauts what his secret thoughts had been immediately before the launch he said: "I just sat there thinking that this remarkable piece of hardware had 40,000 components, all of them supplied by the lowest bidder." Just how many crane operators have such thoughts is hard to say but Nick Elliott talked to a number of specialists to ascertain what components are most likely to fail and how to avoid or cope with the situation. 

Terminal Performance Wireless Communications

  • THE INTELLIGENT NETWORKED SEAPORT

    01 Mar 2005

    The seaport industry faces a multitude of pressures. These competitive forces arise from a variety of sources and for a variety of reasons. 

The Economist

Viewpoint

  • Hard Choices

    01 Mar 2005

    Life is about making choices - some harder than others. And choices have consequences. But once a course has been chosen - right or wrong - then what is done is done and anyway it's usually impossible to reverse back the way you've come. 

Port Security 1/2 October.